Industry Icon Neal Spruce Ramps Up to Grow Another Impactful Brand With PTontheNet and PTA Global
Posted: March 1, 2016 in Suppliers
PT on the Net
DENVER, CO – Neal Spruce and his investment group have officially acquired two of the industry’s most trusted and relied on development companies; Personal Training on the Net (PTontheNet) and Personal Training Academy Global (PTA Global).
Through the strategic alignment of resources, Spruce has founded, owned, operated and partnered to build some of the largest and most successful fitness brands in the business such as Gold’s Gym, Apex Fitness, National Acad-emy of Sports Medicine (NASM), the Bodybugg (winner in 2005 of “Best of What’s New in Personal Health in the U.S.” awarded by Popular Science), and 24Hour Fitness, among others. Most recently, Neal developed the evi-dence-based fitness programming company, dotFIT Worldwide. His vision and deep understanding of creating re-sources for club operators and fitness professionals has led him to be one of the most respected entrepreneurs in the industry.
“We couldn’t be more excited to have found the best possible organization to hand our baton to,” says Kevin La-ferriere, CEO of FitPro. “We believe Neal Spruce and team are certainly the right group to liberate the full potential of the PTontheNet and PTA Global brands. Their commitment to growing meaningful fitness resources is unparal-leled in our industry. We’re inspired by their vast network; and most importantly, our customers will be the un-doubted benefactors of a significant uplift in our product and services.”
Neal Spruce, Chairman says, “We anticipate improving operating efficiencies; including customer support, rapid deployment of resources, and expanded services. The new organization will quickly move to amplify its current position as the preferred provider for all customized health, sport, fitness professional and facility needs.” By host-ing the sport and fitness industry’s most respected education and business resource providers on a single platform PTontheNet and PTA Global are able to deliver a comprehensive, one-stop solution for building and maintaining a successful fitness business. Resources include:
- Complete education and staff training resources;
- NCCA Accredited Certification;
- CECs and advanced continuing education;
- Systems and sciences to position a business for success;
- Recruitment and new employee onboarding tools;
- Compliance-based education, like CPR and AED training, workplace harassment, etc.;
- Access to industry’s premier fitness insurance provider, Sports & Fitness Insurance Company;
- Exercise library and program design tools;
- Library of compelling educational resources from renowned industry educators and business leaders.
Spruce’s success is rooted in the belief that sport and fitness facilities with properly trained staff are the key to solving America’s health care dilemma.“Accurate delivery of the best tools and talent needed to run a successful fitness business within an organization’s own footprint will bring and keep more people coming through the doors,” says Spruce.
The new ownership’s intent is to continually support talented fitness professionals and facilities that not only pro-vide immediate results through complete programming but also set consumers up for long-term health and fitness benefits. The assets housed within PTontheNet and PTA Global are key to achieving this vision.
